Impeachment inquiry. And the u. S. Begins with a drawing from the historic paris climates agreements which door trump has called unfair. Well 40 years to the days since the rainy and protesters took u. S. Embassy staff hostage both countries have taken steps likely to worsen their already strained relationship the u. S. Treasury secretary announced new sanctions against irans Armed Forces General staff its most senior military body and 9 people connected to Supreme Leader khamenei earlier on monday iran chicken other step away from the 2015 nuclear deal so iran says its not warp orating twice as many advanced centrifuges azmera loads on the. Agreements allowing it to produce enrich uranium faster this will make it quicker for iran to build a Nuclear Weapon both announcements appeared time to fall in the 40th anniversary of that seizure off the u. S. Embassy in tehran 52 american citizens were detained for more than 400 days dorsetshire reports from to her on the head of Irans Atomic Energy Organization at one of the countrys most important Nuclear Facilities this is where Ali Akbar Salehi announced that iran has now added another 30 advanced centrifuges. Zines you do see we werent supposed to have 30 chinese centrifuges we wanted to work on it after we tested 20 chinese centrifuges then 3 to 4 years later to work on the 30 china centrifuges but we faced political challenges and senior authorities decided to show irans potential power and determination this is another step taken by iran to scale back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal authorities here say since the United States withdrew last year and imposed if syriza further sanctions on iran the remaining european signatories have yet to uphold their end of the green meant and until they do iran will continue to advance its nuclear program. That is something to European Union is continuing to warn against we have continued torch run to reverse such steps without delay and to refrain from any further measures that would undermine the nuclear deal you know that we as the European Union remain committed to the implementation of the j c p a way because its a matter of respecting International Agreement its a matter of our security but we have also been consistent in saying that commitment that our commitment to the Nuclear Defense and the full compliance by this announcement was made on the 40th anniversary of the takeover of the former u. S. Embassy in tehran where thousands gathered to mark the occasion they were demanding the return of the former Shah Mohammad reza pat levy to iran to stand trial the shah had been allowed into the u. S. To receive medical treatment for cancer those antiamerican sentiments are still strong and for many here the United States withdrawal from the nuclear deal is yet another example president Hassan Rouhani will be officially announcing a wrong course step in reducing its commitments to daisy you know it very soon but after mondays announcement by you tomic interview organization there will likely be more concern and criticism about Irans Nuclear ambitions in the days ahead north of the worry aljazeera tacked on. Well Irans Foreign Ministry says the latest u. S. Sanctions show americas diplomatic shortcomings and bullying approach to International Affairs mike hanna has more on why the sanctions were imposed Senior Administration officials briefed journalists to make clear that the latest round of sanctions timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the arabian hostage siege well certainly these are significant the sanctions aimed at the very most senior levels of iranian leadership the 9 figures whod be individually singled out all. Members of the in a sanctum say a National Security officials among them is the head of the iranian judiciary the iranian chief of staff and very importantly the 2nd son of the Ayatollah Khamenei hes the only one of the i told his children to actually works within the office and certainly represents his father at times in public so this is a significant selection of sanctions but important to motu that Administration Officials making very clear that these sanctions are part of an ongoing process this particular round designed to coincide with the anniversary of the iranian hostage siege they are not necessarily a direct reaction to the latest Iranian Nuclear moves well this is senior fellow at the national and rini an American Council she says the hostage crisis is the source of tensions between the u. S. And iran. The timing obviously from the american psycho and siding with the 40th anniversary of the hostage crisis is important because if you look at the history of the United States and iran policy and 1779 is a watershed moment its a turning point in how the u. S. Views iran how americans view iran and has affected u. S. Policy views of iran ever since that 40 years of sort of and it that we see between the 2 sides starts with the hostage taking in november 170 now well the iranian government certainly uses the hostage crisis symbolically as well from the iranian Historical Perspective what we have to understand about november 179 is that what the fear was amongst the iranians was that there would be a 2nd crew that would take out that reinstates the shop because he had been allowed to keep because he had been admitted into the United States 2 weeks earlier that goes back to the 1953 coup which was led by the cia and overthrew Prime Minister mossad and reinstated the shop so there was a very real fear that there would be a repeat of that 26 years later in 1079 and other thing to mark historically is that while the revolution happened in february of 979 United States hadnt broken diplomatic relations so this isnt happening until november and. One could think that there was the potential of actually having diplomatic relations but of course with the seizure of the embassy all the black times were cut i think theres a lack of understanding on both sides i think that theres legitimate grievances on grievances on both sides and where the u. S. Is absolutely rightful to take issue with irans transgression in taking an embassy of all things to take hostages its problematic in and of itself and to do it on diplomatic soil is experience. As it is you know overthrowing the government of a sovereign state to recruit so boat. Sides have legitimate grievances well i hope that i think especially on your audience i but i think that most americans was that. Way that your own nuclear deal was an opportunity to sort of relinquish the baggage of the past in or looking to the future rabbit and that was a model for cooperation and a model for negotiations between adversaries it wasnt something that said you know now theres an alliance between the 2 sides that they could cooperate thousands of protesters and the chilean capital some tiago have again vented their anger over social inequality police used water cannon and tear gas to trying to spare us the crowds of demonstrators through volks the demonstrations have entered the 3rd week they will president Sebastian Pinera to resign even though hes proposed Economic Reforms a latin america and so the scene in yemen is in some tiago. I started im extremely peacefully and right of way here. A short while ago the looting began about 150 meters from where we are now there were some than bills and also people with masks that began to fro volatile cocktails at police they have been responding with massive amounts of tear gas to drive the entire demonstration the way we see thousands of thousands of people leaving many people covering their faces because of the tear gas which weve had we all agree is much stronger than it used to be at that it has been up until now but that many have come back as you could see there theyre refusing to give up they say that its now or never that theres no turning back now that they are being very very much as you could see people i was watching the no cost of tuition there is one referendum obviously demanding that the president right away at the cabin of an opposition political crisis exception that right by the congress target which are refusing to even dialogue with the government of iraq was received think any of them out thank god the demand was systemic Structural Reforms are not a question of take 5. Mass protests continue across iraq these 5 people have been killed by Security Forces in the capital baghdad my friends from far to demonstrate just gathering near the state had television had courses of the protests or was killed during a rally in the southern town of shocked shocked with 250. 00 people have been killed since process began on top of 1st its a shift in name is in baghdad. This is been a tense evening in the capital fires in the roads barricades and additional Security Forces than weve typically seen in previous evenings the violence began late this afternoon protesters attempted to cross a bridge near Tahrir Square thats been the epicenter of the protests they were trying to cross this bridge to get into the fortified green zone attempted to topple barricades and thats when witnesses say Security Forces responded with live ammunition witnesses are saying that there are people who have been killed the Prime Minister spokesman is saying that is not true medical sources say dozens of people are injured and most of the injuries are from god and shot wounds to the face and head and that the wounded includes Security Forces from there there were reports that there were protesters who gathered around one of the Prime Ministers office is near the green zone and they had to be dispersed with tear gas and Water Cannons and also a spokesman with the Prime Ministers office says the protesters attempted to reach the ministry of justice they lit a fire near a building nearby a Spokesman Says that protesters were beaten back with sticks so what youre seeing is a new evolution in these protests where theyre no longer just confined to Tahrir Square but protesters are going to major intersection at intersections to prevent people from getting to work and going about their business and now we see theyre attempting to get to government offices already the last 2 days various government offices and businesses have been closed as well as schools in baghdad and several southern provinces teachers and attorneys are on strike the Prime Ministers office is threatening the treat the Teachers Union and Attorney Says that these teachers are not breaking the law they have the right to protest. Turkey says it has captured the sister of the ice a leader abubaker all but does say he was killed during a raid by u. S. Special forces in northwestern syria the resting place in the syrian town of assads shes being interrogated along with her husband and daughter in law. Plenty more still to come on the news hour including indias capital tries to take steps to reduce records levels of pollution but good be enough and several asia pacific countries agree to form a joint trade pacts but well find out why india is reluctant to join them and in sports figure back to where it all began for south africas abrupt halt cup winning captain. The former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine mary youve done of it she has told an impeachment inquiry she felt threatened by donald trump a transcript of her testimony to the inquiry has been released along with that of Michael Mckinley a former adviser its a section of state might print pale evanovich said ukrainian officials warned her that trumps allies were looking to her its her reputation on monday for officials called to testify before the inquiry never showed up you will see in ambassador of on a vicious testimony what a dedicated Public Servant she is this is someone who serve the country with distinction for decades it is someone who also is one of the 1st witnesses to this irregular back channel that the president the stablish with Rudy Giuliani and the damage that it was doing to americas National Security and Foreign Policy interests how it was working. In opposition not in support of u. S. Policy objectives. President trump just wrapped up around in the city of lexington in kentucky on our White House Correspondent kimberly is fair kimberly this impeachment inquiry is a top pick in the u. S. Just need to try to make mention of us at the rally. Will certainly he has continued to portray himself as a victim even as these transcripts have come out essentially confirming what the president says is not the case that his Foreign Policy in very much involved with regard to ukraine a desire to investigate his political rival democratic president ial candidate and former Vice President joe biden now the u. S. President continued to talk about the impeachment inquiry comparing it as you spoke here in the stage in kentucky too much like the mother investigation calling it a hoax calling it a witch hunt and also accusing many of those in congress that we just heard from like adam schiff chair of the House Intelligence Committee and also the speaker of the house nancy pelosi sensually claiming that they have launched a war on democracy that hes done nothing wrong with what he believes this is an attempt to do the results of the 2016 u. S. Election so that the u. S. President is very much sort of sent out the rallying cry sounding the alarm amongst his base of supporters portraying himself as someone who is been victimized not only by democrats in congress but also by the media he says is not fully reporting the story of the more complete that debate is intensely partisan as we are seeing as we cover this story trying managed to get a chance to talk to his supporters. This evening but where are the public on this on the city. Well its really interesting because when you look at the nation as a whole it was pretty evenly divided in terms of whether or not the president should be impeached when you come to the state of kentucky this is a solid support of Republican Values for example there are more than 50 percent in this state believe in support the president when it comes to impeachment that even includes some democrats in the 60 percent to drange certainly feel the president should not be impeached now theres a really important test thats happening on tuesday thats when there will be a local race here in kentucky now usually something a president comes out to campaign for but there is a republican governor here who is running for reelection having some trouble with that so the president has come in for a couple of reasons number one its to show that hes still a political asset when he comes in to campaign for those candidates win but the other reason is this is a test for the u. S. President the party has maintained that in washington where there is very much a desire to get the facts out to hold this impeachment inquiry that this is really not something that the ordinary American Public voting public cares about they care about jobs they care about wages so this is a very closely watched vote that weve taken place in the state on tuesday its seen as a bit of a bra matter as to whether or not outside of washington this impeachment inquiry really matters to ordinary americans ok kimberly home leave it there but thank you very much indeed for bringing us all the latest from kentucky. Now the u. S. Has begun the formal process of withdrawing from the paris climate accords President Trump announced his intention back in 2017 but monday was the earliest that he could legally make the move now the global pact to fight Climate Change was written in 2015 and signed by almost 200. 00 countries the United States is the only nation to leave their each country provided its own goals to curb emissions of heat trapping gases that lead to Climate Change the global goal is to keep the temperature rise to below 2 degrees celsius this century the Obama Administration promised to reduce u. S. Greenhouse gas emissions by up to 28 percent by 2030 thats from 2005 levels but trump says it unfairly hurts the u. S. Economy the actual withdrawal will take a year and will come into effect the day after the 2020 alexion. To a she have returned say whos in washington d. C. For. The top Campaign Pledge in the last election was to withdraw or we can certainly assume that this is going to be an issue in the upcoming president ial ca